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Frustrated With Church? What the Holy Spirit Might Be Saying Today - Revd Canon John McGinley
02/11/2026 | 45 mins.“I love Jesus. I’m just not sure about the church anymore.” Ever felt that?
Revd Canon John McGinley spent 25 years as an ordained leader in the Church of England. He knows the church’s flaws up close. Yet across the UK, he’s seeing people with no church background encountering God, often before anyone has said a word to them about faith.
We talk honestly about where the church has drifted, why John still has hope, and what the Holy Spirit might be saying to all of us today.
📖 Awaken: The Lord Is Doing a New Thing by Anne Calver & John McGinley Join the journey to hearing God’s voice. Start your free 7-day God Conversations devotional today! https://www.godconversations.com/god-conversations-devotional/
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Equip your church to hear God’s voice. Join our community of ministry leaders for monthly insights and a free preview of 50 Days of God Conversations resource. https://www.godconversations.com/50days/- You open your Bible. You read a passage you've read a hundred times before. Nothing happens. Sound familiar?
In this episode of God Conversations, host Tania Harris sits down with Dr. Meghan Good – pastor, author of The Bible Unwrapped and Divine Gravity, and Resource Development Manager for Jesus Collective – to unpack how the Holy Spirit actually speaks to us through Scripture, and why we can sometimes miss it.
Join the journey to hearing God’s voice. Start your free 7-day God Conversations devotional today! https://www.godconversations.com/god-conversations-devotional/
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Equip your church to hear God’s voice. Join our community of ministry leaders for monthly insights and a free preview of 50 Days of God Conversations resource. https://www.godconversations.com/50days/ - A prophetic minister told a young couple they were "a match made in heaven." She saw red flags but married him anyway.
The marriage turned abusive and the "prophet" was later discovered to have been mining personal data to make his words sound accurate.
On this episode, I sit down with prophetic minister David Balestri to talk about what's broken in prophetic ministry right now, and what it would take to build something healthier.
Join the journey to hearing God’s voice. Start your free 7-day God Conversations devotional today! https://www.godconversations.com/god-conversations-devotional/
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Equip your church to hear God’s voice. Join our community of ministry leaders for monthly insights and a free preview of 50 Days of God Conversations resource. https://www.godconversations.com/50days/ - Can God really speak through animals?
I know – it sounds a little out there. But what if the Holy Spirit, the great Comforter, uses all of creation to bring healing, joy and peace?
In this week’s God Conversations podcast, I sit down with Dr Daniela Rizzo, a theologian who explores how God may speak through animals – and why so many of us have quietly experienced this without knowing how to explain it.
From grief, to theology, to the big question “will our pets be in heaven?” – this conversation is tender, challenging and biblical.
If you love animals and wonder if God might be speaking in more ways than we’ve been taught… this one’s for you!
Join the journey to hearing God’s voice. Start your free 7-day God Conversations devotional today! https://www.godconversations.com/god-conversations-devotional/
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Equip your church to hear God’s voice. Join our community of ministry leaders for monthly insights and a free preview of 50 Days of God Conversations resource. https://www.godconversations.com/50days/ - What if God is already speaking – long before we arrive with answers?
In this episode of God Conversations, Tania Harris sits down with hospital chaplain Matt Sanders to explore what it really means to listen for God in the lives of everyday people. Not in church pews. Not in polished testimonies. But in hospital rooms, juvenile detention centres, moments of grief, fear, and profound vulnerability.
Matt has spent decades at the coalface of human suffering – first as a chaplain in juvenile hall, and more recently in hospital and hospice settings. What he’s learned overturns one of our most common assumptions: that spiritual conversations require religious language, right beliefs, or even a belief in God at all. Instead, Matt describes chaplaincy as a ministry of presence – the disciplined art of showing up, slowing down, and truly listening.
Join the journey to hearing God’s voice. Start your free 7-day God Conversations devotional today! https://www.godconversations.com/god-conversations-devotional/
Pray, promote and give. God Conversations is donor-funded and made possible through the generosity of people like you! Become a partner today. https://www.godconversations.com/give/
Equip your church to hear God’s voice. Join our community of ministry leaders for monthly insights and a free preview of 50 Days of God Conversations resource. https://www.godconversations.com/50days/
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